Schoenberg's early correspondence : 1891-May 1907 / edited and translated by Ethan Haimo and Sabine Feisst.

Author
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Description
xx, 423 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    • Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Schoenberg in words ; v. 8. [More in this series]
    • Schoenberg in words ; volume 8
    Summary note
    Early in his career, the composer Arnold Schoenberg maintained correspondence with many notable figures: Gustav Mahler, Heinrich Schenker, Guido Adler, Arnold Rosé, Richard Strauss, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, to name a few. In this volume of Oxford's Schoenberg in Words series, Ethan Haimo and Sabine Feisst present English translations of the entirety of Arnold Schoenberg's early correspondence, from the earliest extant letters in 1891 to those written in the aftermath of the controversial premieres of his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, and the Kammersymphonie, Op. 9. The letters provide a wealth of information on many of the crucial stages in Schoenberg's early career, offering invaluable insights into his daily life and working habits. New details emerge about his activities at Wolzogen's Buntes Theater in Berlin, his frequently confrontational interactions with his first publisher (Dreililien Verlag), the reactions of friends and critics to the premieres of his works, his role in the founding of the Vereinigung schaffender Tonkünstler, his activities as a teacher, and his (all too often unsuccessful) attempts to convince musicians to perform his music. Presented alongside the editors' extensive running commentary, the more than 300 letters in this volume create a vivid picture of the young Schoenberg and his times [Publisher description]
    Notes
    Translated from the German.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-412) and index.
    Language note
    Translated from the German.
    Contents
    • Letters before 1900
    • Letters, 1900-1901
    • Letters, 1902
    • Letters, 1903
    • Letters,1904
    • Letters, 1905
    • Letters,1906
    • Letters, through May 1907.
    ISBN
    • 9780195383720 (hardocover ; : alkaline paper)
    • 0195383729 (hardocover ; : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    2015050037
    OCLC
    933446616
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